If you haven’t seen the new Sweetgrass Prairie collection, I recommend browsing through it right away. There are so many different patterns and colors…talk about variety! If I had to describe this collection in one word, it would be versatile. Sweetgrass Prairie was designed to mimic the scrappy look of mid-19th century pioneer quilts, lending its appeal to even the most traditional of quilters, while the vintage flair is sure to please a more modern sewer as well. Some of my favorites from the collection are:

This collection lends itself so well to many different projects and styles. It’s a great collection to mix and match with. I am generally more attracted to modern prints, but fell immediately in love with this collection as it has a beautiful timeless feel. It’s the rare type of style that would appeal to me, my mother and my grandmother all at the same time (and that’s hard to do!) -- even my husband likes it! 

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Welcome! We are ready to get started with the Perfect Points Quilt Along! Click here to join and the Perfect Points Quilt Along group on and download the PDFs for the tutorial and pattern introduction. You can even look at the suggested fabric requirements here before you begin. 

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Join my Quilt-A-Long on our Quilt With Us community. We start tomorrow, Tuesday FEB. 28th!

Each week for 6 weeks, I will walk you through my free block sampler pattern and help you master your points. This will all be guided on our Quilt With Us community. Every Tuesday I'll feature the lesson of the week right here on our NOTIONS blog.

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Good morning and happy Monday to everyone!  We had a record-breaking 1,444 comments on our thread giveaway -- WOW!  Thank you so much to everyone who participated.  In honor of our new contest record, we decided that three winners just isn't enough -- we need five! We still only have one grand prize winner, but we now have four runner-ups. Hooray!

Now on to the exciting part...

Our grand prize winner is comment number 880 -- Bonnie.  Bonnie selected the Garden Thread Set as her prize.

It's a reeeeeally tough decision, but I think in the thread sets I'd have to go with the Essential Garden thread set . . . in individual spools, I guess I'd go with Surf and Fuchsia. They all look fantastic, though - I wish I could afford one of each!

Our runner-up winners are:

Comment number 1140 - Cathy Bremer.  Cathy will receive a spool of Calypso and Sweet Pink.
Oh, to choose only one set! My 98 year old MIL and I do a lot of QOV so I better pick Americana although I really love Woodland and Confections! And for the two favorites.....Calypso and Sweet Pink. Thank you.

Comment number 1068 - Anna Branch.  Anna will receive a spool of Goldenrod and Sprout.
Oh, boy, how do you choose just one set? I decided to be practical and choose the one that contained the colours I most use so that would be the Fauna. I love brown tones. For my spool choices, I went with my other love and chose the sprout and goldenrod. I really like citrus colours and use them a lot in my quilting.

Comment number 474 - Sandi.  Sandi will receive a spool of French Blue and Steel Blue.
I think the Rainbow Collection or is it the Farmer's Market? So difficult to choose. I love them all. Two singles would be the French Blue & Steel Blue. Thank you for the opportunity to win anything from Connecting Threads.

and last but not least...

Comment number 58 - Dana.  Dana will receive a spool of Sea Breeze and Custard.
That was hard, so many beautiful colors and I love your thread. I would pick the Confections (gorgeous) and Sea Breeze with Custard. Thanks.

Congratulations everyone!  If you weren't one of our winners, but would still like to purchase your favorite set, you can do so here: Thread Sets. Or, if you want to browse through our new colors, click here: Essential Thread.

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When we moved into our new place this past summer, I was undoubtedly excited to make new curtains for my daughter’s bedroom.

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